One of the lesser known Fedora spins under the “Fedora Labs” initiative is the Fedora Games Lab that showcases some open-source games and can serve as an easy demonstrator for Linux gaming. Looking forward to 2026 with Fedora 44, there is a proposal to revitalize Fedora Games Lab to become a better showcase for the modern potential of Linux gaming.

Fedora Games Lab as it is right now just is a showcase of Fedora with the Xfce desktop and installing a few open-source games by default. They include classic titles such as BZFlag and Freeciv to games popular among Linux die-hards like Extreme Tux Racer as well as some more well known open-source game efforts like Battle for Wesnoth and Warzone 2100.

  • Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    191·
    3 months ago

    Steam made Linux gaming more well known. People tried SteamOS, but switched to Bazzite. Since Bazzite is based on Fedora, it could have resulted in Fedora getting more attention. Is that what’s really happening here?

  • warmaster@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    3 months ago

    Emphasizing the role of downstreams (ex. Bazzite) in delivering to the needs of users, by providing a commons for Fedora-based gaming focused downstreams to acheive common goals.

    I wonder what they mean by that and how that will materialize, how exactly will they help downstreams and if that will have any weight.

    • brucethemoose@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      3 months ago

      Yeah. It feels like they discovered:

      “Oh. Most of our desktop users are Bazzite?”

      …But what are they making now? What are they doin?